Unit 7.1 Introduction

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#1. If two ________ sounds meet in a sound connection, we add a consonant sound – ________ – which changes it from a ________ connection to a ________ connection.
#2. By adding one of these consonant sounds, we ________ the previous vowel sound, which helps to ________ the sound spine.
#3. True or false? It is hard for native speakers to pronounce two vowel sounds together.
#4. It is more common to add r than w or y. We add r ________ of the time, y ________ of the time, and w ________ of the time.
#5. There are a few ways to know which consonant sound to add in a VV connection: (Choose up to three.)
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#1. If two ________ sounds meet in a sound connection, we add a consonant sound – ________ – which changes it from a ________ connection to a ________ connection.

#2. By adding one of these consonant sounds, we ________ the previous vowel sound, which helps to ________ the sound spine.

#3. True or false? It is hard for native speakers to pronounce two vowel sounds together.

#4. It is more common to add r than w or y. We add r ________ of the time, y ________ of the time, and w ________ of the time.

#5. There are a few ways to know which consonant sound to add in a VV connection: (Choose up to three.)

Select all that apply:

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Discussion

  1. Will you commit to spending time practicing changing VV connections into VC by adding  w,  y, and  r? Or will you continue your current style of speaking English?
  2. Do you add sounds which are not in the spelling of words when you speak in your L1? How phonetic is your L1? Does it sound exactly as it is written?
  3. When trying to work out which consonant sound to add in a VV connection, do you prefer to follow the sound, consider the end letter, or learn the patterns? Or a mix of all three options. Give reasons.
  4. Did you know that adding sounds is less common than moving forward or deleting sounds? We move forward consonant sounds 58% of the time and delete consonant sounds 28% of the time, while we add consonant sounds in only around 14% of bad connections.

Practice

  1. Practice the phrases on slide 6, moving from bad connection (VV) to good connection (VC). How do they feel to you? Do you find the good connections easier to pronounce?
  2. Practice the phrases on slide 9, moving from bad connection (VV) to good connection (VC). Notice how the added sounds act as extensions to the vowel sound, emphasising them and rounding them out, thus increasing the volume and strength of the sound spine.
  3. Practice the phrases with added sounds on slide 12. Write five more phrases in which the sounds  r,  y, and  w  need to be added, e.g., ‘chair [r] is’. Practice them out loud, then build short sentences around them, e.g., ‘That chair is mine.’ Practice saying them out loud. Record yourself, slow it down, and check your pronunciation. How did you do?
  4. Note the exception on slide 18, where a different sound is added – not  w,  y, or  r, but  g! Can you think of any more words that include  ng  +  g  to add to this list?

Further Study

  • More words which include  ng  +  g:  anger, angle, angry, bangle, banquet, bi-lingual, bingo, bongo, bungalow, conga, dangle, dingle, dingo, dongle, extinguisher, fangled, finger, fungal, fungus, hunger, hungry, jangle, jingle, kangaroo, language, linger, lingo, lingual, longer, mingle, penguin, sanguine, single, stronger, tangle, tingle, wonga, younger
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